Walter de Luci
Walter de Luci | |
|---|---|
Catholic | |
| Senior posting | |
| Based in | England |
| Period in office | 1139–1171 |
| Predecessor | Warner |
| Successor | Odo |
Walter de Luci (also Walter de Lucy), Abbot of Battle Abbey, was the brother of Richard de Luci, who was Chief Justiciar of England.
Walter de Luci (or de Lucy) was a
Hadrian IV orders to obey the bishop, but in 1157, Walter brought the case before King Henry II of England at a council held at Colchester.[2] The foundation charter of William I and the confirmation by King Henry I of England, who was Henry II's grandfather, were produced by Walter, and were admitted as genuine. Both documents freed the abbey from ecclesiastical oversight, and Henry II had at his coronation confirmed all his grandfather's charters.[3] However, Hilary argued that only a papal privilege could exempt a monastery from episcopal oversight, and that Battle had no such privilege. Henry was not impressed by this argument, for it impinged on his royal rights.[2] Thomas Becket, then Henry's chancellor, was one of the main opponents of Hilary at this council.[4]
References
- ISBN 0-521-08367-2p. 29
- ^ ISBN 0-521-05479-6p. 589
- ^ ISBN 0-520-03494-5p. 429-432
- ^ Powell, J. Enoch and Keith Wallis The House of Lords in the Middle Ages: A History of the English House of Lords to 1540 London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1968 p. 79 and footnote 45